The increasing use of energy from renewable sources (RE) for the generation of heat and electricity in Germany has also led to an increasingly intensive debate on its advantages and disadvantages. The discussion mostly centers on the cost effects, because beneficial effects often are harder to...

Im Rahmen des Gutachtens werden die Substitutionswirkungen und die CO2-Vermeidung durch die Einspeisung Erneuerbarer Energien in Deutschland analysiert, wobei die Wechselwirkungen durch den Stromaußenhandel mit den Nachbarländern Deutschlands mit berücksichtigt werden. Die Analyse erfolgt...

The German feed-in support of electricity generation from renewable energy sources has led to high growth rates of the supported technologies. Critics state that the costs for consumers are too high. An important aspect to be considered in the discussion is the price effect created by renewable...